Why is it so difficullt?

[Nightowl]

Let's just leave it at you think it is fine to repair an installation of a
pirated copy of an op sys with a valid one. To begin with I never install
over the top of another op sys repair or not. That alone is foolish. Of
course many do and after doing so you will have to live with or fix the
various complications that result such as %profile% changes. I believe it is
better to start out right then to turn something wrong into a right. You
don't and that is where we disagree.

You are talking through your. . . hat, to give you a politeness you
don't deserve. There is nothing foolish about a repair install, aka in-
place upgrade; it is a perfectly legitimate technique and often the best
answer. If carried out properly there are no complications or profile
changes.

You are also wrong about where we disagree; I don't care about your
preferences. Do what you like with your own machines. I disagree with
giving a poster in trouble completely untrue so-called advice that could
involve him in a lot of distress and unnecessary work.